The Dynamic Interplay of Adult Development and the Treatment Process

From our speaker, Steve Axelrod: In this presentation, I will elaborate two perspectives on the psychology of adulthood – a developmental scheme of tasks and emerging capacities as well as the drivers of individual growth and vitality. The developmental framework I described in my recently published paper is a revision and expansion of Erikson’s original epigenetic […]

Parenting in Today’s World: Clinical Conversations

2 CE HOURS NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs Fathers for Change (F4C) is a novel, individual clinical intervention for fathers who have been violent with their partners and/or children. F4C addresses 9 individually focused core topics, 4 co-parent topics, and 5 father-child focused topics in 60-minute individual therapy sessions […]

Admissions Open House

Learn about our extensive training opportunities for Fall 2025 in: Advanced Psychoanalysis Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy Couples Therapy Join us to meet our program directors and ask questions of current candidates, graduates, and faculty. Hear candidates discuss the transformational impact of training: deepening their work in agency settings and building/growing their […]

Maintaining Professional Boundaries in Psychotherapy (Ethics Course)

This 3-Hour CE Course meets the NYSED Office of the Professions requirement for Ethics and Appropriate Boundaries for LCSWs, LMSWs, LMHCs, LMFTs, Licensed Psychoanalysts and Licensed Psychologists. 3 CE HOURS Presented by: Bruce V. Hillowe, JD, PhD The New York State Board of Regents mandated that effective April 1, 2023, psychologists, social workers and mental […]

The “Big Shot” Raises His Fee: Social Class in the Psychoanalytic Encounter

The role of social class in the analytic encounter has been given little attention in our psychoanalytic literature and training institutes. This dimension of the treatment relationship tends to remain invisible most of the time. However, when the analyst raises the fee, it can become a catalyst for bringing social class concerns of both patient and analyst […]

Foundations and Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Programs Open House

The Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program is a two-year program designed to provide candidates with a solid theoretical and clinical base in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. A three-pronged approach is used, which includes coursework, personal therapy, and consultation/supervision with a number of master clinicians who are a part of the WCSPP Faculty. Candidates will learn how […]

Reclaiming the Power of Female Aggression, a Psychoanalytic Perspective

2 CE HOURS NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs This presentation addresses the fraught relationship between women and aggression, one that is troubled by age-old patriarchal forces that disparage the ambitions, assertions and voices of women. Approached from a psychoanalytic perspective, the presentation details the sociocultural forces that infect a […]

WCSPP Film Night: “The Quiet Girl”

2 CE Hours available to NYS LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, Psychologists and PsyDs This film is available for viewing on Kanopy, Amazon, Google Play and other Streaming Services Watch the […]

CAPP Training Program Open House

Learn about our extensive training opportunities for Fall 2025 in: Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy Our program weaves together the study of individual child & adolescent, and parent development through understanding […]